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Bruno, Chief of Police: A Novel of the French Countryside
Martin Walker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Bruno's Dream
Iris Murdoch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Brutal Obsession
S. Massery

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Brutal Prince
Sophie Lark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Brutes
Dizz Tate

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Bucking the Sarge
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Buddenbrooks
Thomas Mann

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1901

Buddha
Karen Armstrong

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment
Deepak Chopra

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Buddha Boy
Kathe Koja

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Buddha Da
Anne Donovan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Buddhism for Dummies
Jonathan Landaw, Stephan Bodian

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Buddy
M.H. Herlong

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch
Dan O'Brien

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

BUILDING A BRIDGE
James Martin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Building a Bridge to the 18th Century
Neil Postman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Building Stories
Chris Ware

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Build Your House Around My Body
Violet Kupersmith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
Jim Collins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You
John Warrillow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Bulfinch's Mythology

Fiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1855

Bullet
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Bullet Train (Assassins, #2)
Kōtarō Isaka

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Bullfight (Pushkin Collection)
Yasushi Inoue

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1949

Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1)
Brian Panowich

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bull Rider
Suzanne Morgan Williams

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Bull Run
Paul Fleischman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

Bully
Penelope Douglas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Bully!
Mike Resnick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
Nathaniel Philbrick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Bunner Sisters
Edith Wharton

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1916

Bunnicula
James Howe, Alan Daniel, Victor Garber, Deborah Howe

Fiction | Novel | Published in 1979

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
Deborah Howe, James Howe

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1979

Bunny
Mona Awad

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Burger's Daughter
Nadine Gordimer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Burial Rites
Hannah Kent

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Viviana Mazza

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Buried Child
Sam Shepard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1978

Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
Peter Zuckerman, Amanda Padoan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Buried Magic (White Haven Witches #1)
T.J. Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Buried Onions
Gary Soto

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1997

Buried Prey
John Sandford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Burmese Days
George Orwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1934

Burn
Julianna Baggott

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2014

Burn Baby Burn
Meg Medina

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Burn Bright
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Burned
Karen Marie Moning

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Burn for Burn (Burn for Burn, #1)
Siobhan Vivian, Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Burning Bright
Tracy Chevalier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Burning Girls
Veronica Schanoes

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2013

Burning Grass
Cyprian Ekwensi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1962

Burning Midnight
Loren D. Estleman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Burning Vision
Marie Clements

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2003

Burn My Heart
Beverley Naidoo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Burn the Place: A Memoir
Iliana Regan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Burnt Offerings
Laurell K. Hamilton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

Burnt Shadows
Kamila Shamsie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Burnt Sugar
Avni Doshi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Burn, Witch, Burn! (Burn Witch Burn #1)
A. Merritt, Abraham Merritt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

Burr
Gore Vidal

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Burro Genius
Victor Villaseñor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Dee Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

Bury the Chains
Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Bury the Lead (Andy Carpenter, #3)
David Rosenfelt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Business adventures
John Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1969

Business Model Generation
Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Business Model You: A One-Page Method For Reinventing Your Career

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Business or Pleasure
Rachel Lynn Solomon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey, #13)
Dorothy L. Sayers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Bus Stop
William Inge

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1955

But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz

Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1992

Butcher & Blackbird
Brynne Weaver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Butcher's Crossing
John Edward Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1960

Butchers Hill (Tess Monaghan, #3)
Laura Lippman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Butter
Erin Jade Lange

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

BUtterfield 8
John O'Hara

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE.
Leonard Gershe

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1969

Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa
Rigoberto González

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Butterfly in Frost
Sylvia Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Butterfly Yellow
Thanhha Lai

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Butter Honey Pig Bread
Francesca Ekwuyasi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine
Edward Lee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

But That Was Yesterday
Kathleen Eagle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Button Man
Andrew Gross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

But You Did Not Come Back
Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather
Gao Xingjian

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1989

Buyology
Martin Lindstrom

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies
Tara Schuster

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

By Any Other Name
Laura Jarratt

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

By a Thread: A Grumpy Boss Romantic Comedy
Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Bye, Baby
Carola Lovering

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

By Fire, By Water
Mitchell James Kaplan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

By Gaslight
Steven Price

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
Elizabeth Smart

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1945